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TERRAIN BACK-SCATTER COEFFICIENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
OBS

The LAND/SEA switch feature automatically applies the correct land or sea calibration factor, which compensates for errors introduced in Doppler tracking by the terrain bias effect (terrain back-scatter coefficient).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

[La portée maximum] dépend de la puissance émise et du coefficient de réflexion au sol, mais ne peut être supérieure à la portée correspondant à la période de récurrence des impulsions (...)

Spanish

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